Dr Aurelian Sofică is an assistant lecturer in the Business Administration in Hospitality Industry at Faculty of Business, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where he teaches Leadership and Human Resource Management. He received his PhD in Sociology in 2011 (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and he holds a master degree in Human Resource Management (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania). Prior to his academic experience he activated in the private sector and NGO sector as trainer and consultant for 5 years. His research interests cover: human resource recruiting, age discrimination, leadership styles and leadership ethics.